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Kathy
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
I don't like the idea of having the guests fill them out, it's not like you don't have a list of them already. Pre-printing them for her is a better option.. At the shower, is just tacky!
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Posted 7/21/10 11:08 AM  |
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JP826
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
I think it is a horrible idea. I have never seen this before & would be  if I was asked to do it at a shower.
Why not just print two sets of labels, one for the invites & one for the Thank you cards?
ETS: I really like Shorty's idea a lot!
Message edited 7/21/2010 11:14:58 AM.
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| Posted 7/21/10 11:14 AM |
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Kaitlyn747
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
They did this for me at my shower and I thought it was a GREAT idea.
If it helps out the bride I say go for it.
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| Posted 7/21/10 11:22 AM |
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4PsInaPod
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
We did this at one of my friends shower. I didn't mind at all.
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| Posted 7/21/10 11:24 AM |
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Christine
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
I have heard of this before and really don't get the point of having guests write the address on their own thank yous. It's kind of like wrapping your own present.
If the bridal party wants to help the bride get a jump start on the thank yous, then they can address them or provide labels.
I love the address book idea. It takes time to get all the information for each family for both the bride & groom in one place. I think this is a sweet idea and symbollic of two families coming together. If you go with this, maybe find an address book that has a space for birthdays and anniversaries as well. 
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| Posted 7/21/10 11:27 AM |
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Cheeks24
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
I don't think it's a big deal. This wasn't done at my shower. For my friend's shower it was done. We also had over 100 people there.
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| Posted 7/21/10 11:44 AM |
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FranM
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
Very Tacky
If the bridesmaids want to do the bride a favor and address the TY thats a different story, but to ask the Guest to address their Own TY
Tacky Tacky Tacky.
If I were a guest I probably would not do it. I could just imagine the response from my Mother and Aunts !!!
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| Posted 7/21/10 11:59 AM |
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PaddysGirl
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
Posted by FranM
Very Tacky
If the bridesmaids want to do the bride a favor and address the TY thats a different story, but to ask the Guest to address their Own TY
Tacky Tacky Tacky.
If I were a guest I probably would not do it. I could just imagine the response from my Mother and Aunts !!!
I know, when I told my mom she was fuming. I had to remind her it wasn't my idea!
I am all for helping the bride and writing them out for her but I just don't want the guests doing it.
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| Posted 7/21/10 12:04 PM |
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MrsKS
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
My vote is a NO NO NO NO!! Tacky. Sorry. I think that the list of addresses from the invites should be used for the bride to address the envelopes herself when she fills out the thank you card.
I'm COMPLETELY against the idea of having the guests fill out the thank you card envelopes. What's the point? It sounds lazy to me. There's obviously a list of their addresses if each guest received an invite for the shower.
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| Posted 7/21/10 12:24 PM |
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Diana712
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
Posted by GinaR
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As a guest, I would prefer not to.
Maybe convince the bridesmaid to have the guests fill out an address book instead? This way you can present it as a gift for the bride.
Thats a really good idea!!
excellent idea.. Also for my shower I gave all my thank yous at the shower.. I do this now for every party.
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| Posted 7/21/10 12:43 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
I wouldn't care about filling mine out but I would NEVER do that at a shower I was throwing.
One bridal shower I was co-hosting, the MOH took it upon herself to do it as a "gift" to the bride. I know the older guests were completely disgusted at the prospect.
I gave my sister her thank you notes for her baby shower, along with envelopes that were already addressed BY ME for everyone there.
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| Posted 7/21/10 1:02 PM |
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leighdvm
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
I would say a definite NO.....I was at a shower once and the bridesmaids filled them out for her -- I thought THAT was a neat idea....I wouldn't ask the guests.
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| Posted 7/21/10 1:03 PM |
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Sherwood
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
Posted by Kara
Absolutely NOT!
Sorry, but that is really tacky. People are spending time and $$ coming to a shower and giving gifts. The LEAST the bride can do is write out thoughtful thank you notes AND address them herself. If the BMs want to do this as a gift to the bride, that's one thing. Having the guests do it themselves is in poor taste IMHO.
ITA with this. I was asked to do this once and was like , but didnt complain too much since the bride was a close friend. But it was definitely in poor taste IMO. The bride said it made her life sooo much easier, but my thought was that these people took time to come and celebrate you with their time and a gift, you could at least make the effort to address the envelopes yourself.
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| Posted 7/21/10 1:26 PM |
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GottaHaveFaith
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Re: How would you feel? (Thank you card related)
Posted by Tilde
My BM did it for me at my bridal shower and it was a life saver!
However, my cousin just gave me the labels that she used for the invitations for my baby shower - and that was super easy too.
If it becomes a big deal, I would just go with the labels.
Slightly off topic, but for both of my showers - my girls printed out a guest list in alphabetical order by first name.
As I opened the gifts, they were able to go through the list and write down what it was. I just had to fill out the people who didn't come to the shower. It made it neater and easier since the names were already written out - great time saver!
My sisters did this for me as well, not the hand written invites from guests, but printed the labels and a guest list in alphabetical order and they wrote down what each guest got as I opened it! It was SO much easier doing the thank you's this way!!!
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